Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Last day in Longmeadow

So Our last day was quite crazy.. After getting the truck packed we headed to Hu Ke Lau for the party platter lunch, to thank all our friends for helping us pack and keep the kids out of our hair. Nice lunch, 7 adults 7 kids. The turtles in there can be dangerous, all the kids were over looking at the new baby turtle and one of the youngest ones pokes her head through the railing to see, and proceeds to get her head stuck! all the adults come running to the scene and the baby is crying and we are trying to pry her head out. apparently it is more narrow at the top than the bottom, baby was freed and all was well...... THEN.... later in the afternoon we are all swimming at a friends house 9 kids 4 adults, fun is being had by all. Sydney decides she is done and takes off the swimmies, gets in a towel and is done, so we think. talking with the other adults, J on my lap cuddling, we realize Sydney is in the middle of all the kids with no swimmies, I drop J on his ass on the pool deck, Rebecca is already on her way into the water(fully clothed) and scoops Sydney out of the water. Total drama ensues, many minutes pass... all is well again.
Had a great Champagne toast in front of the house tonight for one last time, just before the thunder came. Our neighbors made a great slide show of our kids over the last 5 years, going to miss them, THEY ROCK, thanks Marc and Rebecca. :-(
Well that is it until we reach Oklahoma!

Monday, June 29, 2009

OK so D day is one day away and the drama begins. Thought we may be able to leave on Tuesday morning, but noooooo. The Durango's catalytic converter is shot and needs to be replaced, thank god it is still under warranty averting a $2000 bill. The problem is this though, Chrysler is not doing so hot(in case you didn't know), so it is difficult to get parts, so if we are lucky it will be in on Tuesday am and we may be able to stick to the plan of Wednesday am departure. If not well the 26 ft monster Penske truck will be pulling away with Me at the helm, Sam and (cousin) Aly, Sister Val in the minivan with Brittany and the twins. Jeff will hang back with His Mom, the two dogs, cat and rabbit, and oh did I mention he has to pull the 30ft camper. The final kicker is all of our crap does not fit into the 26ft rental truck, so we have to put the stuff that doesn't fit in storage unit and Jeff gets to drive back and get it in a couple of months!
My final thought is, if I get all the drama out of the way now, will we have any on the trip?